{"conversationCode":"015-151","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":151,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-151","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:49 AM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Shoup, Richard G.;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Richard G. Shoup talked on the telephone from 11:49 am to 11:51 am. 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(“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["015-151.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:11:53","tapeEnd":"04:13:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Shoup, Richard G."],"prevCode":"015-150","nextCode":"015-152","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":1.54,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.62,"end":3.84,"text":"Congressman Shoup, Mr. President."},{"start":4.36,"end":4.83,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.26,"end":5.96,"text":"Good morning, Mr. President."},{"start":5.98,"end":6.34,"text":"Good morning."},{"start":6.86,"end":12.07,"text":"When you were riding around in that helicopter out there, I didn't realize you were so old."},{"start":12.59,"end":15.2,"text":"But Jimmins tells me you had a birthday today."},{"start":15.46,"end":16.42,"text":"Thank you, sir, I have."},{"start":17.26,"end":19.76,"text":"Well, you look very young, so just don't get any older."},{"start":19.96,"end":20.58,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":20.64,"end":21.8,"text":"Thank you very, very much."},{"start":22.07,"end":22.77,"text":"Everything going well?"},{"start":23.03,"end":24.11,"text":"Very well, very well."},{"start":24.21,"end":34.86,"text":"I might pass on to you, sir, that the reception was indicative of the increased support that you have in my district of Montana, I'm sure clear across Montana."},{"start":35.42,"end":37.82,"text":"It was still a topic of conversation."},{"start":38.1,"end":45.29,"text":"That had great fun, and we had brought home the biggest trout I ever saw, I must say."},{"start":45.31,"end":46.15,"text":"It was tremendous."},{"start":46.19,"end":47.62,"text":"I don't know where they all came from."},{"start":47.7,"end":48.56,"text":"Delicious, too."},{"start":48.78,"end":49.32,"text":"It was."},{"start":49.44,"end":61.4,"text":"And I'm very flattered that a freshman congressman to receive the national coverage being with you and Mike on all the front pages."},{"start":61.42,"end":61.68,"text":"That's right."},{"start":61.66,"end":64.02,"text":"Well, we were working hard enough, weren't we?"},{"start":64.42,"end":64.92,"text":"That's right."},{"start":65.17,"end":66.23,"text":"Get a little credit out of it."},{"start":66.25,"end":66.71,"text":"That's right."},{"start":66.79,"end":68.21,"text":"If we'd worked that hard, we deserve it."},{"start":68.79,"end":71.18,"text":"Well, I certainly enjoyed it."},{"start":71.32,"end":73.74,"text":"I again want to thank you and Mrs. Nixon."},{"start":73.76,"end":76.85,"text":"We enjoyed having you, and I hope you're there many years."},{"start":77.01,"end":78.13,"text":"Thank you, sir, very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon placed a congratulatory call to Representative Richard G. Shoup to wish him a happy birthday. Shoup took the opportunity to express his gratitude for the President’s recent visit to Montana and noted the positive reception Nixon received in his district. The two discussed the favorable press coverage of the trip, which highlighted the collaborative efforts between the administration and local leadership, including Senator Mike Mansfield.","topics":["Richard G. 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